“Creativity is a way of thinking and it influences everything you do”
Tom Bass (1916 - 2010), Australian Sculptor
Spotlight On: Virginia Lloyd-Tait's Retrospective Exhibition
“Virginia Lloyd-Tait’s exhibition at Clara Street Gallery is a retrospective journey in life and sculpture. It's an odyssey of Blood, Sweat, and Tears. But it is also one of Music. Blood first: until 3 years ago Virginia worked full-time in plasma research and supply, while also lending her talent as a board member of Tom Bass Studio Sculpture School until 2020…”
Talking Practice: Karen Alexander's on her recent public sculpture
Congratulations to sculptor and TBSSS teacher Karen Alexander on her work on the recent large scale public artwork on the M7 Motorway on Dharug land, Maria Lock and Robert on Dharug Country.
Spotlight on: ‘Modern Interaction’ - Margaret Fitzgerald and Nicky McGinn
“Nicky and I have been friends for approx. 30 years and together we have exchanged ideas and influenced each other’s artistic creativity. We have discovered our commonality in the love of the abstract…”
The Learning Curve: Dinah Davis
“Sculpting has been on my radar since I created my major work for year twelve in high school, ‘Lady in the hammock’. There was a gap from then until Tom Bass Sculpture Studio School became an essential part of my week about 7 years ago…”
Spotlight on: ‘Between Worlds’ - Liselle Mei
“I have always loved working with my hands. Both the sculpture and photography allow for this. Lith photography is a very specialized process of hand printing in the darkroom…”
The Learning Curve: Nicky McGinn
“Sculpting is an amazing outlet to release stress, and once that goes, the creativity seems to come. I love the feeling of immersion and freedom that you get when you’re carving a piece of stone. It’s physically demanding, tactile and earthy... and in the end you get a three dimensional object that will hopefully bring joy to someone…”
Spotlight on: ‘skin’ - Jenny Pollak
Clara Street Gallery invites you to our upcoming exhibition of sculpture and photography, 'skin' by Jenny Pollak. Please come along to meet Jenny and join us for the exhibition opening on Saturday 9 August, 2 - 4pm.
The Learning Curve: Wax Workshop Journal with Arielle Morris
“I recently had the absolute pleasure of taking part in Michael Vaynman’s 2 Day Wax Workshop, and it was honestly just what I needed…”
The Learning Curve: Laurel Hixon
“As Anni Albers said: “art is something that makes you breathe with a different kind of happiness.” I’ve never done any kind of studio art before, so sculpting is a new kind of happiness for me. I love the challenge of drawing from the right side of my brain for a change… though I still cannot follow map directions…”
Spotlight On: Donna Littlejohn, TBSSS alumni
Tom Bass Sculpture Studio School is celebrating 50 years! We will be sharing interviews with members of our community to mark this milestone. Today, TBSSS alumni Donna Littlejohn.
Spotlight On: Christine Crimmins, sculptor, TBSSS alumni & teacher
Tom Bass Sculpture Studio School is celebrating 50 years! We will be sharing interviews with members of our community to mark this milestone. Today, sculptor, TBSSS alumni & teacher Christine Crimmins.
Spotlight On: Wendy Black, sculptor, TBSSS alumni & teacher
Tom Bass Sculpture Studio School is celebrating 50 years! We will be sharing interviews with members of our community to mark this milestone. Today, sculptor, TBSSS alumni & teacher Wendy Black.
Spotlight On: Ingrid Morley, sculptor, TBSSS alumni & guest teacher
Tom Bass Sculpture Studio School is celebrating 50 years! We will be sharing interviews with members of our community to mark this milestone. Today, sculptor, TBSSS alumni & guest teacher Ingrid Morley.
Spotlight On: Margo Hoekstra, TBSSS alumni
Tom Bass Sculpture Studio School is celebrating 50 years! We will be sharing interviews with members of our community to mark this milestone. Today, TBSSS alumni Margo Hoekstra.
Spotlight On: Carol Crawford, sculptor, TBSSS alumni & guest teacher
Tom Bass Sculpture Studio School is celebrating 50 years! We will be sharing interviews with members of our community to mark this milestone. Today, sculptor, TBSSS alumni & guest teacher Carol Crawford.
Spotlight On: Virginia Lloyd-Tait, sculptor & TBSSS alumni
Tom Bass Sculpture Studio School is celebrating 50 years! We will be sharing interviews with members of our community to mark this milestone. Today, sculptor and TBSSS alumni Virginia Lloyd-Tait
Spotlight On: Bernice Lowe, sculptor, TBSSS alumni & former TBSSS teacher
Tom Bass Sculpture Studio School is celebrating 50 years! We will be sharing interviews with members of our community to mark this milestone. Today, sculptor, TBSSS alumni and fomer TBSSS teacher Bernice Lowe.
Spotlight On: Elena Murgia, sculptor & TBSSS alumni
Tom Bass Sculpture Studio School is celebrating 50 years! We will be sharing interviews with members of our community to mark this milestone. Today, artist and TBSSS alumni Elena Murgia.
Spotlight On: Lea Ferris, sculptor & TBSSS alumni
Tom Bass Sculpture Studio School is celebrating 50 years! We will be sharing interviews with members of our community to mark this milestone. First up, artist and TBSSS alumni Lea Ferris.
Spotlight On: Aesop + TBSSS Collaboration
We are excited to be collaborating with Aesop again!